Pretty Things: The Last Generation of American Burlesque Queens

€œThe most comprehensive study on the era of burlesque.€ €"V Magazine

Training her journalist€s eye on the glitter and glamour of American burlesque€s Greatest Generation, Liz Goldwyn takes readers on an enthralling tour of the original queens of the striptease. Goldwyn€s incisive expose is a retrospective of the sights and spectacles of burlesque€s golden age€"and an intimate look at the women whose sexuality, ambition, and verve brought the cabaret stage to life. Today, as burlesque enters a heady resurgence worldwide€"with festivals around the globe, popular books like Burlesque Fetish and The Burlesque Handbook, and even a School of Burlesque in New York City€"Pretty Things offers a unique and exciting look at its formative past and its earliest heroines.